"I can tell you the subject planned his actions and took many proactive steps to conceal his identity from law enforcement and general public," Fitzgerald added.

The suspect did not have a criminal history with local law enforcement authorities.

Patterson was arrested shortly after Jayme made her escape and was found Thursday afternoon by a woman walking her dog in Gordon, Wisconsin, about 100 miles away from the girl’s home in Barron. The woman recognized Jayme and immediately took her to the nearest home, which belonged to Kristin Kasinkas, and began pounding on the door.

“She knocked on our door, and then actually opened our door and said, ‘Call 911. This is Jayme Closs!'” Kasinskas said by phone Friday to TODAY's Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb. “We recognized Jayme immediately. I mean, her picture has been everywhere around here. Billboards and things. We recognized her immediately.”

Jayme was reported missing on Oct. 15, the same day authorities received a 911 call from her mother’s cell phone. Officers arrived at her home about four minutes after the end of the call and found the front door kicked in and the girl’s parents, James and Denise Closs, shot to death. They did not find the girl inside.

Jayme Closs had been missing since mid-October, when authorities found her parents inside their home shot to death.Getty Images

Kasinskas told TODAY that Jayme looked unkempt, but appeared calm and was not crying when she walked into her home. She declined an offer of food and drink but said she was cold, so she was provided a blanket.

“She seemed kind of in shock, and kind of timid, but she did talk to us a little bit. She came in and sat down in our living room and was able to have a conversation with us,” Kasinskas said.

The girl did not recognize the town she was in, nor did she provide a lot of details about her captor.

“She did state who she believed had her, and she did give us a little information about the person’s car. But other than that she didn’t give us a ton of details,” she said.